2000
Above: The new, paved floor was made on the way to the garage and in front of the house-stairs. You can see the balcony and the raised flower bed below, or rather in front of the balcony. The tree of red shade - this is Cercidiphyllum japonicum, called also 'Katsura'. The tree to the right, this is the cherry-tree.
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How The
Developed
Balcony and Below
Page1: THE BALCONY 1995 - 2005
1995
1996
1997
1998
Every year I try to choose a little different combination of flowers on the Balcony. It was the third year I was growing my own flowers from seeds. The pots were not so very elegant yet, Yngve tried to be economical and I used all vessels I could find on the place, or I bought the cheapest.
In the middle the south wall with the wooden containers and plastic hanging baskets. To the right - among plastic pots with flowers the blue one, with the rose,'Chrystal Palace'
Above: On the Balcony the TV-antenna has been mounted. I planted the Polygonum baldaschuanicum just belong of balcony. It covered all antenna and flowered with white clusters with pink shade until November.
Right: Hanging flower containers on the railing.
Above: On the right side of the pic you can see the trellis, built by Yngve, next door to the balcony-railing, with Russian Wine (Polygonum
baldaschuanicum) on it.
Left:The hanging plastic basket with Erigon karvinskianus and self sown Schizanthus pinnatus
Left: Hanging plastic basket with trailing Petunia 'Fantasy Pink Morn' still in full bloom in November! It hangs over the wooden container with climbing gourd and many other flowers (below in the middle).
Above: The Balcony, the south side of the house was empty. I tried to decorate it with some plants in pots. There were the table and some chairs too.
On the previous pages I wrote about how Yngves garden started in late autumn 1994 and mostly 1995 - just from beneath the balcony and also on the balcony, if you can call this for garden.. anyway, the balcony has became a nice patio, almost overcrowded by flowering plants in urns, pots, tubs and hanging baskets.
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The house and The Balcony in August 1997.
Left: Flowering plants on the right side of The Balcony, at the railing, in plastic urns - mostly Schizanthus and
Petunias. The middle pic shows the wooden flower containers with a climbing gourd, in July.
Right: Further, also on the right side of The Balcony at the railing, in plastic urn are mostly Fuchsias and
Petunias which thrives very well in dappled shade created by the railing.
Right: My strawberries and raspberries, just picked up, in the vase -floers of Digitalis purpurea.
Left: The gourd fruits in the October.
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Above: The Balcony in August. Yngve has built 3 wooden boxes for summer plants. They are of not the same height (pic below).
Above and below:
Ricinus gibsonii
Above: There were some pots with flowers on the floor. Here in an urn: Petunia and
Erigeron mucronatus, both I sown myself.
Above: Climbing
Phaseolus coccineus
Above: The pot with flowers on the table. And a funny tomato from greenhouse
There were more flowers on the balcony then in 1995. I managed to find cheap hanging flower-pots and urns.
Right: A sort of African daisy.
Left: A hanging 'plant-tower' with Petunia 'Double Delight', very fragrant
Right: The balcony was not crowded at all. One urn at the railing.
The Ricinus communis 'Carmencita' - pink and many others.
This is no more empty on the balcony..
My favorite, blue Nemophila menziesii, trailing, 1998
Another my favorite: Mesembryanthemum
(Dorotheanthus) criniflorum
Yellow Petunia 'Prism Sunshine'. All flowers on The Balcony I use to grow myself
My next favorite: Felicia amelloides'Variegata' in hanging windows box on the railing
1999
Left: Nolana paradoxa 'Blue Bird' is much alike Nemophila (above) and it uses to bloom longer, up to late fall.
All flowers I grew myself from seeds.
That year I planted Petunias of different colors in every hanging basket. Here the double sort, very fragrant, 'Fanfar'
On the Balcony in August
At the railing, in dappled shade, there is almost the best spot for all flowers, but mostly I planted there Fuchsias which do not thrives in sun
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2001
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Above: Fuchsia fulgens 'Variegata' together with Petunias and
Pelargonium, in pots
Above: Double Petunia
and
'Fanfar' (very fragrant)
and
Gypsophila muralis 'Garden Bride'
Right: Window boxes on the railing, with Petunias and
Gypsophila muralis;
Below: The same Fuchsia fulgens
'Variegata' together with Petunias
Left and below right:
Hanging Geraniums
and
Brachycome iberidifolia
in urns on the floor of The Balcony
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Above: Mentha gentilis 'Variegata',
very fragrant
Tubs and pots on the stairs to The Balcony. Above: Petunia 'Shepperd´s Delight', next lower, with the flight of the stairs: Tropaleum majus nanum 'Whirlybird Cherry Rose'
Lowest on the stairs Felicia amelloides 'Variegata' and
below Geranium 'Mr Wren'
At the railing an abundance of flowers - red Nicotiana 'Havana red', blue-lilac Osteospermum eclonis 'Sonia' and many others
The Balcony railing with flowering window boxes, the end of August
All The Balcony in the end of August
The window box with Petunia 'Shepperd´s Delight', Surfinia - all from my own seeds and Gypsophila muralis 'Garden Bride'
White daisies in the plastic window box on the railing, 19th October
White Petunias with lilac spots, my own seeds from one last year plant. Every flower is different!
My own Lobelia sort, found in a pot, white with sky-blue edges, trailing
Under the hanging plastic basket with Petunia - standard Salix integra 'Hakuro Nishiki'
Hanging plastic baskets with many flowers; Right: hang-geranium from cuttings taken on Gran Canaria
My own (from seeds): Surfinia , Helichrysum petiolatum, Petunia i.e.
Left: Surfinias and Nemophila menziesii
The House with The Balcony and Below the Balcony, the end of July
On The Balcony - Petunia 'Shepperd´s Delight' and Brachycome iberidifolium
The Balcony - on the new marble table the Bougainvillea which was planted as a cutting from Gran Canaria
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Blue-lilac Osteospermum ecklonis
'Sonia' - 28th October
Bougainvillea - 1 August
At the rail - Fuchsia 'Thamar' 18th October
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There were very many flowers then and they were in blossom up to November.
On the next page I show many pictures of the Raised Bed Below The Balcony. How it looked like in 1995 can you see on the previous page. It was actually there the all Yngve's garden has been begun, late autumn 1994.
2002
The same Bougainvillea plant as above, but in 2002. 17 August
Avocado plant and climbing Tropaleolum 'Moonlight',wandering from the ground below up to the balcony
The Balcony - 1 August 2002
In the early summer on the Balcony - Salix integra 'Hakuro Nishiki', standard tree, 6 June
The Amaranthus 'Calaloo Red'
in the hanging basket
late August
The Balcony - 1 August, Tropaleolum 'Cherry', red Geranium
Petunia 'Merlin Pink Morn', from my own seeds
15th August
Geranium 'Mårbacka' (old Swedish sort) and English Geranium 'Aztek'
28th August
2003
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Nemophila nemorosa, self sown in the slit of the wooden container - 17th June
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Sedum lineare Variegatum on the balcony rail and a flower of Tropaleolum 'Moonlight', climbing up to it from the raised bed below the balcony
Fuchsia 'Southgate' 31st July
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Petunias in the hanging flower box - dark pink Frillytunia, 17th July
The corner of the Balcony with some pots and hanging basket, 6st July
Petunias in the hanging flower box - dark pink Frillytunia,
17th July
Petunias double 'Orchid Mist' and hanging Geranium, 24th August
Petunias double 'Orchid Mist', very fragrant,
19th August
Hymenocallis eulae (Spindle Lily), 2nd August
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2004
2005
The same hanging basket in different time. First left: 6 July, you can see Petunia 'Red' and Convolvulus sabatius from Chiltern Young Plants. In the middle: 5 Sept., Double Petunia 'Pirouette Soft Red and White', Petunia 'Red' , Brachycome 'Blue Star' .
The third pic - to the right: 26th September, mostly Convolvulus sabatius, a little Petunia 'Red' and double Petunia.
Surfinia and Petunia 17th July
Petunia in hanging basket 17th July
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Flower box (wooden), First left: - 6st July, in the middle - 3rd Sept, we can see double Petunia 'Pirouette Soft Red and White', Helichrysum petiolatum, Surfinia 'Red'. The same container last to the right
Surfinia, 16th November
The same hanging basket in different time. First left: in June, you can see Petunia 'Tumbelina Priscilla'+coral red Diascia, white 'Million Bells', all from Chiltern Young Plants, in the middle - the 6th July there is almost the same but a little more, and - the third basket, the 26th September, this is practically only double petunia 'Tumbelina Priscilla'
Above the same hanging basket which is number 3 on the wall. Left - 6st July, you can see mostly Petunia 'Red'.
Right: 20th August, you can see: double
Petunia 'Pirouette Soft Red and White', Petunia 'Red' and Brachycome
'Blue Star'
Ipomoea 'Sunrise Serenade', the 26th
September
Left: Ipomoea 'Ismay Morning Glory', the 18th August
Right: the same Ipomoea the 9th Sept.
Left:The 26th September 'Heavenly Blue', Ipomoea
Right: Ipomoea 'Heavenly Blue' and Ipomoea alba, the 13th October
At last I bought 3 hanging flower-containers
On the Balcony in August 2000
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